Portable baker.



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PORTABLE BAKER.

APPLICATION FILED rze. I.19|H..

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F. SHEEHAN.

PORTABLE BAKER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16.1918.

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FRANK SHEE'HAN, F ITHAGA, NEW YORK.

PORTABLE BAKER.

Specification of Letters Patent. i Patented 1 3 1918 Application filed February 1c, 1918. Serial No. 217,534. b

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK SHEEHAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ithaca, in the county of'Tompkins and State of 'New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Bakers, of which the following is a specification.

T he primary object of theinventionis the provision of a device adapted for alleviating such ailments as bullet wounds andmusci lar affections in cases where quick recovery is highly essential in such instances as treating soldiers to return to the trenches and athletes to their athletic teams.

It has been found that ailments of the joints, muscles, lungs and other parts, of the human. body, as well as sores and wounds, are greatly benefited and rapidly cured by the application oflheatrays from electric lamps, and such practice is not now broadly claimedbut what I do claim is the provision of a portable device readily applied at any affected point for simultaneously playing thereon a suitable vaporized medicament with the application of evenly distributed heat rays with the affected part inclosed in the device during the operation of the same.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a hand device possessing great strength and durability adapted for receiving a part of the body to be treated such as an arm having a bullet wound, the arrange ment being such that a spray of heated medicament is projected upon the wound simultaneously with the drying and absorb ing action of heat rays reflected thereon,

such sprays and rays being confined within the device. I

'With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed .out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elei ation of my invention with the electric wires broken away;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device illustrating the use of the same operating upon a part of the human body;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View thereof; and

Fig. 4: is a side elevationof the device with parts broken away and parts removed. ThG dGVlCG beingin the nature of a treating cabinet or compartment for any affected part of the 'humanbody, the same broadly consistsof an inclosingcasing 10 substanti-ally ueshaped in cross section for receiving the part to betreated suchas the arm 11 I and arranged for spraying a -.s uitab1e medicament .under vpressure upon the arm by a vaporizing tube 12 centrally arranged within the rear portion of the casing 10 while powerful electriclamps 13 oppositely positioned within the corner portions 1 1 of the casing furnish heatforthe medicament as well as performing a baking action upon the arm .11. The ma-nner'of conductingthis operation is best indicated by Fig. 2 of the drawings, the medicament l being indicated within a supply tank 16 for the tube 12 rearwardly mounted upo-nthe casing and arranged with a regulating valve 17 for controlling the spraying action within the device. I

"A filling spout 18is provided forthe tank 16 having a closure cap 19 while an air pump'20 is arranged for the tank for. supplying compressed air thereinto-expel the medicament through the perforated tube 12 in the form ofaspray or vapor. It will be understood that any form of medicament may be carried by thetank 16, such as va suitable heali ng oil, liniment or fluid medicine. A handle 21 is centrally carried by the back 22 of the casing "10 beneath the-tank .16. and whereby the device maybe readily held by an attendant in position for treating any desired affected part, it being noted that cloths or-towe=li1rg such asrou-ghly indicated at-28 in Fig. 2 of the drawings is preferably employed for completing the treating chamber or inclosure afforded by the casing 10. The toweling 23 may be positioned upon both the top and bottom of the casing as well as over the open front thereof when found desirable, thereby preventing the escape of any heat rays from the lamps 18 or medicament from the tube 12 and permitting the full efficiency of the heat and medicine upon the subject. The medicine from the tube 12 being in the form of a spray 24: will anoint the entire adjacent side of the inclosed arm 11 while the heat rays 25 from the lamps 13 will be thrown thereon from opposite sides whereby the continuous treating of anointing and drying may be continued as long-as desired.

A substantially U-shaped top and bottom flange 26 and 27 are provided for the casing 10 with the lamps 13 dependingly arranged through the top flange 26 while a suitable switch 28 is arranged within the circuit wires 29 of said lamps, the electrical circuit to which may be supplied from any suitable source by forming a connection therewith by means of the socket-plug30 in the usual manner. Retaining springs 31 inwardly project from the opposite sides 32 of the casing 10 forwardly of the lamps 13 for maintaining the lamps within the corner portions 14: of the casing.

The casing 10 is heat-insulated'by an asbestos lining 33 covering the inner surfaceof the back 22 and the sides 32 thereof while a metal reflector 34 overlies the lining 33 and presents a highly polished surface over substantially the entire inner area of the casing 10. The reflector 34: covers the opposite inner faces of the major portion of the flanges 26 and 27 as well as the back and sides of the casing 10, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4: of the drawings. The reflector 34 covers substantially the entire inner surface of the casing 10 which is accessible to the rays of light from the lamps 13 so that all the rays are reflected thereby upon the inclosed arm 11' which is under treatment. The reflector 34 is retained in position by a plurality of rivets 35 extending from the lining 33 and the casing 10 aswell as by marginal beads 36 formed upon the edges of the flanges 26 and 27 for engaging the top and bottom edges of the said reflector 34.

The heat from the lamps 13 heats the medicament 15 within the tank 16 prior to being sprayed upon the arm 11 so that there is no chilling effect upon the afiected part and it is unnecessary to rub such affected part during the operation of the device. A unitary structure is arranged readily carried by means of the handle 21 and when pressure is placed upon the medicament 15 by means of the pump 20 and the socket 30, electrically connected with a source of electrical supply, the lamps 13 are lighted and controlled by the switches 28 and when the medicament 15 has reached the desired temperature, the spray tube 12 will be turned on and regulated by means of the valve 17 and the casing 10 held in position adjacent the part 11 to be treated while the treating chamber is completed by supplying the toweling 23. The simultaneous application of heat and medicine being essential for healing purposes and eflecting recovery, the same embodies the spirit and scope of my invention as hereinafter claimed, and the present embodiment of the details thereof is the preferred manner of carrying out the same.

A pump 20 of the style commonly used with a gasolene blow lamp employed by plumbers and painters may be used with the tank 16, conveniently mounted upon the side thereof adjacent the filling spout 18.

What I claim as new is A portable baker having a substantially U-shaped casing, formin a chamber for receiving for treatment a ected parts of the human body, a U-shaped top and bottom flange formed integral with the upper and lower edges of the casing, interiorly thereof, a heat-insulated lining within the casing, a sheet metal reflector secured over said lining, providing a polished surface over substantially the entire interior of the casing including the said top and bottom flanges, electric lamps supported within the corners of the casing by said top flange, said lamps adapted for heating the part arranged within the chamber, a tank carried by the rear wall of the casing, a spraying tube carried by the tank and arranged within the chamber centrally between the lamps for operation upon the aflected part simultaneously with the heating thereof by said lamps.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK SHEEHAN.

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